Foresights
Near field communications
What is it?
Near field communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless communication technology primarily for use in mobile phones and other consumer electronics devices. NFC operates at a frequency of 13.56 MHz and transmits data at up to 424 Kbits/second at short ranges (about 4cm).
NFC employs common technology and standards with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. For simplicity, NFC can be considered to be an RFID tag and reader integrated on a single chipset, thus providing an NFC device with the ability to read and store data from RFID tags and other NFC devices, and also to be read by them. Applications are typically initiated by holding the NFC-enabled device close to another device or RFID tag.
Suggested applications for NFC include ticketing, electronic wallets, identity cards, content transfer, electronic keys, event triggering, and initiation/ configuring of other wireless network connections, for example Bluetooth and WiFi.
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